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GEORGE ARTHUR GOODSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COMPOSING-MACHINE FOR TYPE CASTING-AND SETTING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 606,007, dated June 21,1898.

' Application filed September 27,1897. SerialNo. 858,168, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ARTHUR Goon- SON, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin andState of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOomposing-Machines for Type Casting and Setting Machines; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit app'erta'ins to make and use the same/ My invention relates tocomposingmachines for type casting and setting machines, and has for itsespecial object to provide a composing-machine adapted to the improvedtype casting and settin g machine which is disclosed in my companionapplication, filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 653,167.

*In what is known as the Goodson system for the production of justifiedlines of individual type the type casting and setting machine operatesautomatically under the control of a perforated representative strip.The

said strip is produced by a composing-machine, which in turn involvesthe cooperation of a type-writer, a differential letter-space indicator,and a perforator. The type produced are of the self-spacing variety,measurable on the unit principle of'face and the pointprinciple of body.

The general relations of the composing-machine and the type casting andsetting machine are disclosed in my British Patent No. 23,68 1 of 1894.The type casting and setting machine in its original form is disclosedinmy United States Patent No. 530,481, of December 4, 1891. The originalcomposing mechanism is disclosed in my pending application, Serial No.13,115, filed December 8, 1893. My improved feed for thestrip on theperforator is disclosed in mypending United States application, SerialNo. 620,612, filed January 25, 1897, and my improved letterspaceindicator is disclosed in my pending United States application, SerialNo. 620,615, filed January 25,1897, and allowed April 9, 1897. Themechanisms disclosed in my said two applications filed January 25, 1897,as far as they go are identical with the corresponding mechanismsdisclosed in this application.

In the Goodson type casting and setting machine the matrices arearranged on the matrix-block in rows in two directions on a bifactoredprinciple to permit the block to be brought into casting position forany given matrix by a two-way movement of the block. Otherwise stated,there are ten rows of ten matrices each. The matrices are also groupedaccording to size of face, or, otherwise stated, any given row in onedirection on the matrix has matrices all of a common size. There areseveral rows With matrices of the same size. The matrix-block isintercepted by two series of stops, operated bycorresponding magnets,for positioning the matrix-block as required to cast the desired type.Nine magnets answer for each series,.be cause the tenth stop in eachseries may be a stationary stop, as it measures the extreme movement ofthe matrix-block in each direction. The mold-plunger is variablyintercepted by a'series of six stops corresponding to the differentsizes of type-face, including quads as type, and four of these stops areoperated by magnets which are connected up in series with thecorresponding row-selecting stop-magnets of the matrix-block. AtWord-spaces the matrixblock assumes its extreme positions in eachdirection, and the connections to the proper mold-plunger magnets aremade through a justifier, which is adapted to be variably set to producequads of the required sizes to j ustify the line. After a line is castthe cast line must be delivered to the galley, and this is done bydevices operated by a normally-idle cam-wheel, which may be thrown intogear by a suitable clutch under the control of an electric trip. \Vhenstarted, this normally idle cam delivers the line of type last cast andmoves the parts of the justifier which require to'be set into an extremeor initial position again st suitable retracting-springs and thenreleases the said parts, thereby permitting the same to be variablyintercepted by suitable stops, operated by magnets, for pi'op erlysetting the same for the next line. All of these electric devices arecontrolled by the perforated strip, which cooperates for that purposewith a bank of twenty thrust-pins forming parts of the electricconnections on the type casting and setting machine. the circuitconnections of the type casting and setting machine is also located atwo way switch adapted in one position of its movable part to establishwhat are called the working-circuit connections from said bank ofthrust-pins and in another position to establish what are called thesettingcircuit connections for said bank of thrustpins. By the workingcircuit is meant that which is used while the type is being cast for agiven line, and by the setting-circuit is meant that which'is used forsetting the parts of the justifier. The working circuit has a branchthrough the escape ment-magnet of the j nstifier, which is energized atthe wordspace hole in the strip. There is also a tripcircuit fortripping the clutch and the normally-idle cam-wheel into action. Henceon the strip which is produced by the composingmachine there must bewhat may be called the working holes, including under that name theholes for characters and wordspaces. There must be also what may becalled the justification-holes forsetting-the different parts of thejustifier, and, finally, there must be what may be called the tripholefor tripping the clutch and the normally-idle cam-wheel of the typecasting and setting machine into action. These general features arecommon to the strip produced by the composing-machine shown in thisapplication and those disclosed in my prior patents and application. Inmy prior patents, however, the justifier was designed to effect thedistribution always among the first four spaces from the end of theline, as read in print, according to an arbitrary predetermined schemeof distribution, and thereafter to make the remaining quads, if any, ofthe normal size. This might and frequently did involve three sizes ofquads.

In my improved type casting and setting machine shown in my companionapplication a justifi'er is disclosed wherein the justification-space isdistributed among all of the word-spaces of any line within thepredetermined range according to an arbitrary prearranged scheme ofdistribution designed to secure the most even distribution possible.()therwise stated,on my improved type casting and setting machine therenever can be but two sizes of quads, and these will differ from eachother only by one unit. The quads may of course'all be of the same size.Provision is made on the type casting and setting machine for thejustification of lines ranging from four to eight word-spaces orfromfive to nine words and for the distribution within that range of fromone to eight units by way of subtraction or negative justification andfrom one to fifteen units by way of addition or positive justification.The normal quad on that machine has three units of face. In

order to accomplish this result, the justifier on said improved typecasting and setting machine has three parts which require to be variablyset by three corresponding series of stops and stop-magnets, and hencethere must type-writer removed therefrom.

be three corresponding justification -holes properly located in thestrip which is produced by the composing-machine herein disclosed.

The chief object of my present invention, therefore, is to provide adevice which will make the said justification-holes and which forconvenience may also be called the justifier. Another and minor objectis to provide an improved automatic slack-provider.

To these ends my invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices, which will be hereinafter described, anddefined in the claims.

lVith the foregoing general statements in mind it is thought that itwill be easy to follow the detailed description which will now be given.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likenotations refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective/view of the composing-machine. Fig. 2 is adiagram view for showing the electric connections under the control ofthe type-writer and the j ustifier. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsection through the type-writer and the hard-rubber baseblock with someparts removed and others broken away to show the relation of thetypewriter to the electric connections. Fig. 4; is a cross-section onthe line rt" 0; of Fig. 3 with some parts removed. Fig. 5 is a front endelevation of the hard-rubber base with the Fig. 6 is a plan view of thejustifier detached. Fig..,7 is a vertical longitudinal section throughthe justifier on the line :0 m of Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a cross-section onthe line 00 .20 of Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 9 is a vertical section showingsome of the same parts as in Fig. 7, but on a much larger scale, thesame being double full size. Fig. 10 is a cross'section on the line asas of Figs. 6 and 9, some parts being broken away. Fig. 11 is a bottomplan view of the parts shown in Fig. 10. Figs. 12, 13,.and14 are detailsillustrating the escapement for the justifier. Fig. 15 is a verticalsection through the perforator crosswise of the strips travel,approximately at the center of the feed devices, with some parts removedand others broken away.

Fig. 16 is a plan view of a specimen strip, illustrating the product ofthe machine, full size. Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the upper part ofa portion of the perforator for showing the slack-provider, some partsbeing broken away. Fig. 18 is a view in side elevation, showing some ofthe IIO same parts as in Fig. 17, but in a diiferent for the'strip.

Fig. 23 is a detail of some of the parts shown in Fig. 22. Fig. 24 is aplan View of thejustification-chart.

The type-writer, (see Figs. 1 to 5.) The typewriter may be of anysuitable kind, but is preferably one having a separate key for eachcharacter. The Yost machine answers these conditions and is the oneshown in the drawings. For the purposes of this case it will besufficient to distinguish frame CL, the character-keys and key-levers a,with their rods re, the spacekey and key bail a the feed-ring c and thestem operated thereby, the feed-lever a, the link a connecting thespace-bail a to the feed-lever a, and the rod a which operates theescapement of the typewriter.

The type-writer rests on a base-board b, of hard rubber or othersuitable insulating material, which is provided with a pair of specialkeys 1/ b The other parts immediately connected to the type-writer andthe said base-board b relate to the electric connections and willlaterbe detailed under that heading.

The strip-punches and feed devices of the perforazor, (see Figs. 1, 2,15, and 17.)At the perforator the strip cis subject to abank of twentypunches 0, arranged in two rows or series of ten each, as best shown inFigs. 2 and 15, for making the working holes, and to a punch c formaking the marginal feedholes in the strip 0. The punches e for making 7the working holes are carried byarmaturelevers 0 which are subject tomagnets e and springs The feed-hole punclre is carried on the upper endof a plunger 0 the stem of which is attached below to an armature-leverc". The armature-lever 0 1s subject to a magnet 0 and a spring 0". Thisplunger 0 magnet e and spring 0 not only operate the feedpunch 0 butalso operate the feed devices The said several parts 0' to c, inclusive,so far noted and other parts to be noted are supported from the mainframe 0 and an upper bracket e The strip 0 passes between the pair ofdieblocks 0 for. the punches e and c and is subject to aresistance-roller e and a four-motion feed-disk e, as best shown in Fig.15. Forits up-and-down motion said feed-diske is supported by a carrier0 which is pulled down by the plunger 0 and thrown up by a spring c .Forits rocking motion said feeddisk 0 is subject to a finger 0", carried bythe plunger 0, adapted to act on a stud e projecting from said disk, andto a retractingspring 0 applied to a stop-arm c ,'depending from thearbor of said disk and playing between adjustable stops 0 as best shownin Fig. 17. Under the cooperation of these'feed devices said strip 0 isfirst yieldingly clamped between the roller e and the disk 0 and thenthe disk is rocked forward'in the line of feed by the plunger-finger 0thereby imparting one step of feed movement to the strip. The plungerthen moves downward and in the final part of its downward travel pullswith it ger e the strip 0 is held in a stationary position by theresistance-roller e and feed-disk under the action of the carrier-springc and during this time the feed-punch 0 carried by the plunger, makesthe feed-hole.

During that same time, also, the proper work-' ing hole punches e arethrown up by the proper magnets 0 under the control of the type-writeror justifier, as will later appear. This. brief statement of the feeddevices for the strip is deemed sufficient for this case. These feeddevices for the strip act on a slack section of, the strip, supplied byan automatic slack-provider, which includes a magnet cl, (shown in Figs.1 and 2,) together with numerous other parts, (shown best in Figs. 17 to27, inclusive,) which will be described later to avoid confusion fromdetails in considering the main features of the case.

The letter-space indicator, (see Figs. 1, 2, 22, and 23.)A pointer fmoves over a suitable graduated dial f and is subject to the action of apinion f and a divided rack f f (Bestshown in Figs. 1 and 22.) The lowerrack-section f is subject to a retaining-pawl f and to a feed pawl andlever f The said lever f is subject to ainagnet f and a spring f7. Underthe feed stroke of the lever f the spring-pawl on the end thereof movesthe rack upward until intercepted by a banking-stop ff, adapted toengage with the head of the pawl.

If the said feed lever f is pulled downward to its limit, it will impartto the rack f its longest stroke, which would represent six units, asmeasured on the indicator. The said feed-lever f may, however,beintercepted in any one of four other positions by suitable stop-leversf of bell-crank form,

which are subject to four corresponding mag- The inner ordenetsf andsprings f. pending arms of these bell-crank levers f 9 are ofdiflfe'rent lengths, and the feed-lever f works between the same, asbest shown in Fig. 23. By energizing the proper member of the magnets fany required one of said stop-levers f may be thrown into the path ofthe feed-lever f on its downward stroke, and thereby be made todetermine the amount of feed movement which will be imparted to the rackf by said lever f when the said lever makes its upward or feeding throwunder the action of the spring f Hence by these devices -the rack f maybe variably fed, as re quired, to represent five diiferent amounts offeed, ranging from two to six units, as represented on the indicator.pending arms of the bell-crank stop-levers f are marked with numeralsranging from 2 to 5 to represent the corresponding amounts of feedmovement controlled thereby, asexpressed on the indicator. The upperracksection f (shown in Fig. 1) is not operated on The short or deby thelower section f until the range of justification-space is reached on theline, when it will begin to move with the section f and so continuethroughout the rest of the'racks travel, thereby causing the pointer fto indicate the units of shortage or excess onthe dial of the indicator.A bellf (shown in Fig. 1) sounds when the upper rack-section f and thepointerfbegin to move.

The juslwfier, (see Figs. '1, 2, and 6 to 14, inclusive.)The action ofthe justifier can be best understood after describing the wiring; butits parts can be most conveniently specified here in order to betterlocate the wires. Directly to the left of the hard-rubber baseboard I)for the type-writer and preferably secured thereto or to the table 2, onwhich all the machines rest, is located a suitable small box-like casingg, which on account of its function may be conveniently called theconnection-box or contact-box of the jnstifier. This box is providedwith guidelugs g for a push-rod whichhas pivoted thereto theguide-plates g of a traveling keyboard. The hinge-rod g is shouldered toengage with the forward member of the hinge-1n gs 9 of said keyboard formoving the keyboard to its rearmost or initial position and settingunder tension a suitable etracting-spring and said rod 9 has a collar 9,

I which engages with the rear member of said hinge-lugs for returningsaid keyboard un* der the action of said spring 9 as permitted by asuitable escapement. This escapement includes a pair of racks g 9 withthe member g mounted for a slip motion on the memberg and'the member 9made fast to the keyboard The member g has slot-and-pin connection withthe member 9 as shown at g and is subject to a light spring g" forimparting the slip motion thereto. lVith the said racks cooperates aspring-held pivoted dog g carried at the upper on d of an armature-leverg ,pivoted to the fixed box 9. The armature-lever g is subject to amagnet and a springg The magnet is energized at word-spaces throughconnections under the control of the type-writer keyboard, as willpresently appear. Hence when the traveling keyboard is pushed rearwardto its limit it will be held by the said escapemen t, but will bepermitted to move forward one step at a time whenever a word-space isstruck on the type-writer. Otherwise stated, the armature-lever g andthe dog g carried thereby, under the cooperation of the magnet g and thespring 913, vibrate transversely to the racks, thereby shifting from oneto the other and permitting the escapement action in a manner which mustbe obvious from an inspection of Figs. 12 to 14:. The purpose ofpivoting the springheld pawl to the armature-lever g is to permit thetraveling keyboard, with the said escapement-racks, to be pushedrearward into its initial or starting position. In this rearwardmovement of the said traveling keyboard the pivoted dog turns on itspivot against its spring, thereby permitting the racks to pass.

In the guide-plates g of the justifier-keyboard are spring-seated aseries'of keys 9, suilicient in number to represent all possible amountsof justi lication-space', both negative and positive, for thedistribution of which provision is made on the type casting and settingmachine. By inspection of Fig. 6 the disposition of these keys and theamounts of justilicatiolrspace which they represent may be seen. Each ofthese keys g is provided with three contact-pins g, which, if the keyboard be in proper position, are adapted, when the key is depressed, todip into three corresponding mercury-wells g formed in a hard-rubberblock or plate forming the face of the contact or connection box g.Directly under the said hard-rubber plate is a stack of fifteencontact-plates insulated from each other by corresponding intervenin gplates 9 of insulating material. Contactpins g connect the proper plateof the stack with the proper members of the mercury-cells 1 in thehard-rubber face-plate g, passing in their course through all the otherplates which have holes of sufficient size to prevent contact therewith,as best shown in Fig. 9. The said contact-plates are connected bycorrespondiugly-disposed pins each to one of fifteen binding-posts 1 asbest shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

The further features an d actions of the justifier may be bestunderstood after describing the wiring, which will now be done.

The wiring, (see Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive.)- The feed-circuit for theperforator and the letter-space indicator is controlled bya relay.(Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) The parts of this relay are shown in Fig. 2and are marked it 72. h 7&3 h 71. Most of the wiring can be traced onthe diagram view Fig. 2. From any suitable source the current can passover the supply-wire 1" to the turn-button r of a circuit maker andbreaker, and thence to a wire 9' which leads to a mercury cell 7' formedin the hard-rubber base I).- The typewriter is provided with acontact-pin 0", which, when the parts are in working position, dipsconstantly into the mercury-well 0- as best shown in Fig. 4:. Saidcontact-pin 1' is carriedby an insulated spring-contact r on thetype-writer frame a, with which cooperates another spring-contact rfixed to but not insulated from said type-writer frame a. Saidspring-contacts 1' 0' overlie each other at their free or spring endsand are normally sepa.-' rated, thereby normally opening the circuit atthat point. These spring-contacts r r directly underlie theescapementrod of the type-writer, and the upper member 1' of saidspring-contacts is subject to said eseapementrod a at every key actionof the typewriter. Hence Whenever this occurs current can reach themetallic frame and key-levers of the typewriter. The character-keys aare each provided with a pair of contact-pins r at the lower end of thekey-stem which, when the key is depressed, dip into correspondingmercurywells r formed in the hard-rubberbaseboard I). From the pair ofWells r extend a corresponding pair of wires 1' to the proper pair ofeighteen binding-posts r in the hardrubber base-board Z). From thebinding-posts r eighteen corresponding wires 7' extend to the punch-magnets c of the perforator. Nine of said wires 0 go to nine magnetswhich operate nine out of the front row of the bank of punches c, andthe other nine go to the nine magnets which operate the nine punches outof the rear row of the bank. The front row makes the holes which controlthe stops on the type casting and setting machine for selecting the rowof the matrix-bloclgand the rear row or series of punches makes theholes which control the stops on the type casting and setting machinefor selecting the individual matrix out of the row. Hence the frontseries of punches c, as best shown on the diagram -sheet, mayconveniently be called the row-punches and the rear series he called theindividual punches, and their corresponding magnets may be distinguishedin the same way. This bifactored arrangement affords 0 X 9:81combinations for makin g the required character-holes in the strip 0.

The return wires from the individual punch-magnets all unite to a commonwire r which leads directly back to source, and for convenience will bedistinguished as the final return-wire.

The return-wires from the row-magnets are grouped into four sets, whichrespectively connect by four corresponding wires r r r r with the fourcorresponding letter-space magnets f of the indicator, according to theunits of face represented thereby. From these magnetsf of the indicatorthe returnwires all unite into a single wire 0'", which taps the final.return-wire r Otherwise and briefly stated the row-magnets of theperforator are grouped like the rows on the matrix-block, according tosizes of face, and are connected up in series with the unit-magnets ofthe letter-space indicator.

The word-space key a is provided with a contact-pin 1' which, when thekey is depressed, dips into a mercury-well r in the base-board Z). Fromsaid well 1" sections of turn-wire r joins the three-unit return-wire rfrom the row-magnets, and, by way of the same, leads to the three-unitmember of the indicator-magnet f From the section r of the supply-wire abranch wire r extends to the contact 70 of the relay, and from the othercontact h3 of the relay a wire 4' extends to the feed-magnet c of theperforator, whence the return-wire r joins the individual and finalreturnavire 1". From the feed-wire section r controlled by the relay, abranch wire 1' extends to the feed-magnet f of the indicator, whence areturn-wire r taps the return-wire r -from the unit-magnets of theindicator and reaches the final return-wire r. v These feed-circuitconnections for the perforator and the indicator are thereforecontrolled by the relay. The relay in turn has a special circuit. Forthis purpose the type-writer frame has a contact-pin 1', whichconstantly dips into a mercury-well r in the rubber base-board b. Fromsaid well r a wire r leads to the. relay-magnet h, whence thereturn-wire r joins the returnwire 1, which taps the final return-wire rEvery time a key action occurs on the typewriter the type-writer frame ais charged, as hitherto noted, and hence the circuit through therelay-magnet h will be closed over the said connection 1' to rinclusive, above noted, and when said relay-magnet h is thus energizedthe relay contacts 71. 72,3 will be brought together, thereby closingthe feedcircuit over the wires r to 1' inclusive, and energizing thefeed-magnet of the perforator and the feed-magnetf of the indicator. Inthis way the feed for the strip at the perforator and the feed for theracks at the indicator are efiected at every key action from thecharacter or space keys of the type writer.

WVith the connections so far described the holes on the strip 0 orcharacters, word-spaces, and for the feed can be made. The additionalconnections for making the justification-holes and trip-hole will nextbe noted.

From the constantly-charged mercury-well r in the hard-rubber baseboardZ) a wiret leads to a contact-strip t, fixed at its center to the undersurface of said board 1), near the front end of the same, as best shownin Figs. 3 and 5. Hence this contact-strip t is constantly charged. Thespring ends or fingers of said contact-strip t underlie the two specialkeys Z) Z2 of said hard-rubber base-board and by their spring actionhold thesaid two keys in their uppermost or normal position. Upondepressing the special key I), which may be distinguished as the specialfeedkey, the finger-contact may be made to engage with the contact 25fixed to, the hardrubber block I). From the said fixed contact 25 a wirei extends to a part of the metallic frame of the justifiersuch, forexample, as to one of, the lugs g of the box g. Thence the current canreach the traveling keyboard of the j ustifier. Under the key action ofthe justifier-keyboard the current passes over the proper members of thecontact-plates and proper pins 9 Q21 to the proper binding-post g in theconnection-box g. From said fifteen bindingposts extend fifteencorresponding wires (Shown in dotted lines in the dia gram views.) Ofsaid fifteen justifier-wires t nine thereof tap the nine members of thewires 0' which lead to the individual magnets of the perforator, and theother six tap the other nine wires 1* which lead to the row-magnets ofthe perforator. This factored arrangement affords all the combinationswhich are necessary to produce the required justification-holes on thestrip. From the fixed contact t a short wire leads to the relaymercuryccll 9' Hence whenever the special feed-key t is depressed tocharge the justifier-keyboard the relay-circuit will also be closed,thereby in turn closing the feedcircuit for effecting the feed of thestrip at the perforator. The special feed-key Z) is struck with one handwhenever a key on the justifier-keyboard is struck with the other. henthe other special key Z2 which maybe distinguished as the trip-key, isdepressed, the other spring-finger t of the constantlycharged contact ifon the rubber board I) will be brought against a fixed contact i on saidbase-board. From said contact i a wire t extends through a binding-postmarked with the same reference to that member of the punch magnets cwhich is devoted to the special purpose of producing the trip-hole onthe strip. From this trip-magnet the returnwiret taps the commonreturn-wire r leading back to source. The special feed-key l) and thetrip-key b are both operated at the same time, thereby securing theproper feed for the strip at the perforator when said triphole is made.

The wiring so far noted and marked with the reference-letter r and itspowers is the wiring which is used for making the character andword-space holes on the strip and such of the marginal feed-holes ascorrespond to said character and space holes, and these control what hasbeen called the Workingcircuit connections on the type casting andsetting machine. The wiring so far noted and marked with thereference-letter t and its powers is used to make the justificationholesand the trip-holes on the strip, together with such of the feed-holes ascooperate with said justification and trip holes, and these control whathas been called the settingeircuit connections on the type casting andsetting machine for delivering the last previously-cast line of type andsetting the justilicr for the next line of type, as hitherto noted.

T he principle and action of thcjuszfic1u- As already stated in theintroduction, provision is made on the type casting and setting from itsinitial to its final position under the control of the escapement-magnetg, which is energized, as hitherto noted, every time that the word-spacekey is struck on the typewriter. As no provision is made for thejustification of lines having only four words or three spaces, the saidtraveling keyboard of the justifier has three idle steps of movementbefore bringing its keys into position for establishing connectionsthrough the contactbox 9 when depressed. Thereafter the travelin gkeyboard will occupy an operative position at every word-space and willmove for five steps after thus becoming operative,thcre by bringing thecontacts carried by its keys into that many different positions inrespect to the mercurycell face-plate on the connection-box. Theconnections in this contact or connection box 9 of the justifier are sufficient in number and are arbitrarily prearranged to make the holes onthe strip for the distribution of all the possible amounts ofjustifircation-space represented on the keyboard, negative or positive, amongthe range of wordspaces before noted. Otherwise stated, there are fivepositions of the traveling keyboard in which any desired three membersof the wires if", fifteen in number, must be available. Hence it isconvenient to use the said stack of fifteen plates with the pinsproperly disposed to establishthe proper connections from any of thccells of the hard-rubberface-plate in the connection-box g when any ofthe keys of the j ustifier-keyboard are depressed in any one of the fivepossible operative positions of said traveling keyboard.

The scheme of distribution having once been predetermined, the wiring isarranged to accomplish this result. In this respect this justifier formaking the three just-ifieationholes in a single feed-space of the stripcorresponds exactly to the wiring from the fixed member of theswitchboard on the type casting and setting machine to the magnets whichset the three series of stops on that machine for variably setting thethree parts of the justifier which is used on that machine.

The scheme of distribution is shown on the chart illustrated in Fig. 24.\Vith the exception of the numbers thereon this chart might be regardedas representing the mercury-cell faceplate of the connection-box g ofthe justifier. lly an inspection of this chart it will be seen that itcontains four columns of circles with three rows in each column. Thecolumns are further divided into set-s of fifteen circles each, markedat the head of each set with three heavy-line circles. It will also benoticed that there are six of these sets in each column, correspondingin this respect with the number of keys in each of the four rowslengthwise of the corresponding cells on the faceplate of the justifierin its possible five different operative positions under the travelingmovement of the keyboard. Hence the possible amounts represented by eachkey may be distributed from five different sets of three connectionseach, and this represents the range of from four to eight word-spaces,which is indicated by the numbers on the left margin of the chart. Thenumbers adjacent to the heavy line row of circles at the head of eachset represent the amount of justification-space or the key on thekeyboard to which that set is appropriated.

Reading crosswise of each column the n umber in the third circlerepresents the number of quads which will be made to the rightor fromthe end of the line as read before the shift will be made, if any, tothe other size of quads. The first circle represents the sizes of thesaid quads to the right, expressed in units of face, and theintermediate circle represents the sizes of the quads t the left orthose which will be made after the shift, if any, takes place. With thisexplanation the distribution for any line within the predetermined rangecan be read on the said chart,

and the connections from the contact-box g must be so disposed as toproduce the justification-holes in the strip.

The specimen strip shown in Fig. 16 and the justification-chart shown inFig. 24 are identical with those shown in certain views of the drawingsof the type casting and seting machine disclosed in the companion case,Serial No. 655,107, filed of evendate herewith.

From the foregoing statement it is thought that the principle and theactions of the j ustifier must be distinct.

When the operator reaches the point where it is necessary to stop theline of composition on the type-writer, he observes the shortage orexcess as shown on the indicator, and he then strikes the specialfeed-key b and the proper member of the j ustifier-keys, which will havethe effect of making-the proper holes in the separate feed-face of thestrip, as required for purposes of justification. He then strikes thetrip-key b and also the special feed-key Z2, thereby producing thetrip-hole in thelast feed-space on the strip for that line. The line isthen ready for use on the type casting and setting machine. The operatorthen pushes the rod g and the traveling keyboard of the justitier backto its initial position with his left hand at the same time that hethrows the type-writer carriage to its initial position with his righthand. WVhile the strip is being punctured at the perforator for thegiven line, a type-written proof of the line is produced on thetype-writer.

The automatic slack-provider for the strip, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 17 to2l.)iVhen considering the punch devices and the strip-feed devices ofthe perforator, it was noted that the said feed devices always operatedon a slack section of the strip and that this slack section was suppliedby an automatic slackprovider which included as an elementthereof themagnet d. The other details of this slackprovider will now be noted. Thecurrent reaches the magnet d over wire-sections d (2 which are separatedby an automatic circuitcontroller, which is in turn controlled by thestrip cit-self. From the magnet 01 the return is made over a wire (Zwhich is shown on the diagram view, Fig. 2, as tapping the finalreturn-wire r The wire d is shown on said diagram view as a branch fromthe feed-wire section T and hence is always available. The said magnetcl is" provided witha polepiece (Z which is laterally extended beyondthe top of the magnet at each end. To this pole-piece (Z are fixed theside plates of a supporting bracket d which constitutes the frameworkfor the slack-provider. In the upper ends of the said side frames ofthis bracket d is mounted the spool d, from which the strip 0 isunwound. The strip 0 passes under a guide-roller d and thence between apair of friction-rollers d d". The roller d is carried by.a pair ofhorizontal arms (1*, which at their inner ends have depending arms (Z tothe lower ends of which is fixed a soft-iron cross-bar or armature (Zfor cooperation with the'pole-piece cl of the magnet d. The strip 0,after passing between the rollers d and (1 moves through a fixed guide(Z and under a spring-finger (Z Directly under the path of the strip 0when moving from the guide (7 toward the feed devices of the perforatoris position ed a long spring-fin- 'ger (Z forming a part of a rockerpivoted to the bracket (1 and having an upwardly-extended contact-arm (ZThe arm (Z is subject to a spring (Z which normally'holds the arm at,which is carried by a disk (1 pivoted to the bracket d From said disk (1a branch wire d leads directly to the magnet d. Said disk (Z has adownwardly-projectin g arm (Z which is insulated from the disk and worksbetween a pair of pins d on a slide (Z The slide (Z is held byguide-keepers d fixed to one of the bracket-plates d, and at its outerend has slot-and-pin connection, as shown at (Z to a lever (1 which ispivoted below to a part of the perforator-framework and is subject to aspring (1 working opposite to the pole-piece d of the magnet d. Atitsupper end the said lever (Z carries a gravity-pawl (Z which engages witha ratchet d on the lower roller d. A depending springpawl (Z is adaptedto engage with either of two notches (Z in the disk (1 to hold the saiddisk under slight friction in whatever position it may be set. With thisconstruction the action is as follows: \Vhen the slack section in thestrip 0 has been used up by the feed devices at the perforator,so as torelieve the sprin g-fin ger (1, the spring (Z will draw the contacts (1against the contact d", as shown in Fig. 17 in full lines, therebyclosing the circuit to the magnet (Z an d starting the slack-provider.As quick as the magnet (Z is energized its polepiece (Z acting on thesoft-iron bar (1, will pull down the upper roller (Z so as to clamp thestrip 0 against the feed-roller (Z with su fficient friction for thepurpose required. At the same time the pole-piece (Z will make the pullon the armature-lever (Z and cause the pawl (Z to act on the ratchet (Zand move the roller (Z forward one step, thereby pulling that much slackin the strip 0. As the lever (Z reaches the final part of its inwardmovement under the pull from the pole-piece (2 one of the pins (Z willact on the arm (Z and thereby rock the disk (Z from the position shownin Fig. 1.7 into the position shown in Fig. 18. This will break thecircuit between the contacts cl" and cl. As quick as the magnet cl isenergized the spring cl" will throw the lever (Z outward again to itslimit, and all the parts will be brought back into the position shown inFig. 17, thereby again closing the circuit through the magnetv (Z. Theseactions will be repeated until the strip 0 has accumulated suflicientslack to drop onto the long spring-finger d, and when this occurs underthe weight from said slack section the said spring-finger d and thecontact-arm (Z forming a part of the same rocker, will be thrown downinto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 17 against the tensionof the light spring (1 thereby opening the circuit between the contacts(Z and d. This will stop the action of the slack provider until thatparticular slack section in the strip has been used up, and thereuponthe slack-provider will again be started into action as before. Thisdevice is therefore entirely automatic under the control of the stripitself, and I' have found the same entirely reliable for supplying therequired slack in the strip for the action of the feed devices on theperforator. In principle it is similar to corresponding electricslack-providers disclosed in some of my prior patents and applications,but differs therefrom in its details.

All the parts of the composing-machine have been specified so far it isdeemed necessary for the purpose of this case. The specific action ofthe different parts has also been given, and the general operation wasmade clear when describing the electric c011- nections and the action ofthe justifier. It will be understood, of course, that changes might bemade in the details of construction without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. It will of course be understood that by the termconnection or contact box as used in this case is meant to be includedany and all dispositions which could be made of the necessary contactsfor cooperation with the keys of the traveling keyboard of thejustifier.

YVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Lettors Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a perforator, under the control of an ordinarykeyboard having character and space keys, of a justifier comprising aconnection box, having connections to the perforator for the possibleamounts of justification-space in lines of the possible number ofspaces, according to an arbitrary predetermined scheme of distribution,and a traveling keyboard having a stepby-step movement, in respect tosaid box, at word-spaces, and provided with keys representing thedifferent amounts of justificationspace, for cooperation with said box,to prod uce the j ustiIication-holcs required,substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with an electricallycontrolled perforator, and anordinary keyboard controlling the connections thereto for characters andword-spaces, of a j ustilier comprising a contact-box having contactswith wires to the perforator, for the possible amounts ofjustiiication-space, in lines of the possible number of spaces,according to an arbitrary predetermined scheme of distribution, and atraveling keyboard having a stepby-step movement, in respect to saidbox, at word-spaces, and provided with contact-keys representing thedifferent amounts of justification-space, for cooperation with said box,substantially as described.

8. The combination with a perforator, under the control of an ordinarykeyboardhaving character and space keys, of a justilier comprising aconnection-box, with connections to the perforator, for the possibleamounts oljustiIication-space, in lines of the possible number ofspaces, according to a predetermined seheme'of distribution, a travelingkeyboard with contact-keys representing the ditferent amounts ofjustificationspace, for cooperation with said box, and an escapement,under the control of the space-key of the ordinary keyboard, and adaptedto impart a step-bystep movement to said traveling keyboard, atword-spaces, substantially as and for the purposes set :forth.

at. The combination with the perforator and the ordinary keyboard, ofthe justifier comprising the connection-box with connections to theperforator for the possible amounts of justification in lines of thepossible number of word-spaces, according to an arbitrary predeterminedscheme of distribution, a traveling keyboard representing the differentamounts of justification-space, the escapement, for said travelingkeyboard, controlled by the space-key of the ordinary keyboard,strip-feedin g devices 011 the perforator, under the control of saidordinary keyboard, for characters and spaces, and a special feed-key,for charging the justifier-keyboard and operating said strip-feeddevices, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the electricallycontrolled perforator, theordinary keyboard

